WHEN it comes to gambling, humans are all too fallible. But some sure-fire tips are now on hand from a distinctly non-human source: intelligent software.
Alan McCabe, an IT researcher at James Cook University in northern Queensland, has developed a software-based results tipster for Australian Rugby League – although it could just as easily be adapted for soccer, baseball or cricket. The program outperforms the best human tipsters.
McCabe unveiled his Artificially Intelligent Tipster – MAIT for short – at AI 02, an artificial intelligence conference in Canberra last week. The project is a spin-off from research into handwriting recognition. But…
